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 |
|---|---|
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |