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 |
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| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| opus | work |
| calorific | caloric |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |