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 |
|---|---|
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| reverberate | reflect |
| alleviate | relieve |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| condign | deserved |