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 |
|---|---|
| fete | festival |
| romp | one that romps |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| monochrome | a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |