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 |
|---|---|
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| laud | praise |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |