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 |
|---|---|
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| nourishment | food |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| debonair | suave |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |