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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WordMeaning
nauticalof, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships
briman upper or outer margin : verge
affrontto insult especially to the face by behavior or language
peripherythe perimeter of a circle or other closed curve
axioma statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
preyan animal taken by a predator as food
resoundto become filled with sound : reverberate
scalean instrument or machine for weighing
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable