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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| doddering | feeble |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |