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 |
|---|---|
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| sift | to put through a sieve |