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 |
|---|---|
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |