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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ยน/โโ millimeter or less in diameter |