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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WordMeaning
coalesceto grow together
herpetologista branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians
impeachto charge with a crime or misdemeanor
inestimableincapable of being estimated or computed
disenfranchiseto deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
dumbfoundto confound (see confound
amalgamateto unite in or as if in an amalgam
congruencethe quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent
levitateto rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation