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 |
|---|---|
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| succor | relief |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| spoof | deceive |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| sophist | philosopher |