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 |
|---|---|
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |