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 |
|---|---|
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |