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 |
|---|---|
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| wrath | strong vengeful anger or indignation |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| dally | to act playfully |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |