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 |
|---|---|
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| overweening | arrogant |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |