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 |
|---|---|
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |