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 |
|---|---|
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |