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 |
|---|---|
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |