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 |
|---|---|
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| trance | stupor |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| upright | perpendicular |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |