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 |
|---|---|
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| poise | balance |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |