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 |
|---|---|
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |