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 |
|---|---|
| convention | agreement |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |