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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |