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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| Word | Meaning |
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| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |