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 |
|---|---|
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| dingy | dirty |