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 |
|---|---|
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| debut | a first appearance |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |