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 |
|---|---|
| amazon | a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| harass | exhaust |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |