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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WordMeaning
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
cloyingdisgusting or distasteful by reason of excess
aureolea radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage
peruseto examine or consider with attention and in detail : study
riftfissure
monolithicof, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge
divestto deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title
liquidateto determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts)
punctiliousmarked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions
impietythe quality or state of being impious : irreverence