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 |
|---|---|
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| rift | fissure |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
