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 |
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inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
beneficent | doing or producing good |
timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
tanner | one that tans hides |
renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |