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 |
|---|---|
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| resign | relegate |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| lax | loose |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |