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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |