GRE Word List
ADVENTITIOUS
coming from another source and not inherent or innate
The meaning of the word adventitious is coming from another source and not inherent or innate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| concatenate | linked together |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |