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 |
|---|---|
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |