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 |
|---|---|
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| entity | being |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |