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 |
|---|---|
| pilfer | steal |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |