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 |
|---|---|
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| purge | to clear of guilt |