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 |
|---|---|
| ensconce | shelter |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |