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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| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| paramour | lover |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |