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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| pending | during |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |