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 |
|---|---|
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |