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 |
|---|---|
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| brook | creek |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |