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 |
|---|---|
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| fabricate | invent |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |