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 |
|---|---|
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| significant | having meaning |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |