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 |
|---|---|
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| circlet | a little circle |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |