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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| precipitous | precipitate |