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 |
|---|---|
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |