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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| sophist | philosopher |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| acetic | vinegary |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |