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 |
|---|---|
| pending | during |
| nourish | nurture |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |