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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WordMeaning
appallto overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
requiema mass for the dead
beneficiarya person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something
fosterhaving, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for
hacklesone of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird
sullyto make soiled or tarnished : defile
overweeningarrogant
fulminateto utter or send out with denunciation
spawnto deposit or fertilize spawn