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 |
|---|---|
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |