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 |
|---|---|
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| forlorn | bereft |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| brazen | made of brass |
| solicitor | one that solicits |