GRE Word List
SERENDIPITY
the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
The meaning of the word serendipity is the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for.
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censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
chafe | irritate |
scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
expenditure | the act or process of expending |
institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
machinations | an act of machinating |
gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |