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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| portly | dignified |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |