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 |
|---|---|
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |