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 |
|---|---|
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |