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 |
|---|---|
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |