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 |
|---|---|
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |