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.

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conventionagreement
voluminoushaving or marked by great volume or bulk : large
parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
duplicitycontradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
seepto flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze
consolean architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament
trougha long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals
inquisitorone who inquires or makes inquisition
languorweakness or weariness of body or mind