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 |
|---|---|
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| nurture | training |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |