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 |
|---|---|
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| endue | provide |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |