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 |
|---|---|
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| congruent | congruous |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |