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 |
|---|---|
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |