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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abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
primethe second of the canonical hours
compassionsympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it
paramourlover
proverba brief popular epigram or maxim : adage
litanya prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation
balma balsamic (see balsamic
impedimentsomething that impedes
pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
heraldan official at a tournament of arms (see arm