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 |
|---|---|
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| disquietude | anxiety |