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 |
|---|---|
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| brazen | made of brass |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |