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
ecologista branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments
skinflinta person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
unassumingnot assuming : modest
repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
deterrentserving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter
initiateto cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going
delugean overflowing of the land by water
unprecedentedhaving no precedent : novel
contortionsto twist in a violent manner
blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats