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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| ebullient | boiling |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| puerile | juvenile |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |