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 |
|---|---|
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |