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 |
|---|---|
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |