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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WordMeaning
tauntto reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at
artfulperformed with or showing art or skill
milieuthe physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment
legacya gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest
circleta little circle
belligerentinclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
finickyextremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards
prolificproducing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful
ostracizeto exile by ostracism