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.

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WordMeaning
frockan outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit
circuitoushaving a circular or winding course
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume
interpolateto alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
circumspectcareful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
moodinesssubject to depression : gloomy
dilateto become enlarged or widened