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 |
|---|---|
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| query | question |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |