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 |
|---|---|
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |