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 |
|---|---|
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| reek | smoke |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |