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 |
|---|---|
| scion | descendant |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| haggard | not tamed |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |