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 |
|---|---|
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |