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 |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| microcosm | a little world |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |