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 |
|---|---|
| disquietude | anxiety |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| append | attach |