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 |
|---|---|
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| dour | stern |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| refrain | curb |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |