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 |
|---|---|
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |