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 |
|---|---|
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| significant | having meaning |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| microcosm | a little world |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |