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
susceptiblecapable of submitting to an action, process, or operation
momentuma property (see property
impetusa driving force : impulse
lexicona book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary
egotismexcessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun
secreteto form and give off (a secretion)
dismemberto cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
derivationthe formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)
fervorintensity of feeling or expression
ferreta domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat