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 |
|---|---|
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |