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 |
|---|---|
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| query | question |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| heed | to pay attention |
| acclaim | applaud |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |