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 |
|---|---|
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |