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
irreparablenot reparable : irremediable
travailwork especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
epicureanof or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism
extirpateto destroy completely : wipe out
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
confidencea feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances
portlydignified
enfranchiseto set free (as from slavery)
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
manipulateto treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner