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 |
|---|---|
| beleaguer | besiege |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |