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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invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
prank | trick |
homily | a usually short sermon |
dingy | dirty |
lout | to bow in respect |
whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
prop | something that props or sustains : support |
quadruped | an animal having four feet |