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 |
|---|---|
| comport | to be fitting : accord |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| resign | relegate |
| acne | a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |