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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varnisha liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating
dourstern
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
intolerantunable or unwilling to endure
aberrationthe fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state
refraincurb
mayhemneedless or willful damage or violence
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
toppleto fall from or as if from being top-heavy
asymmetrichaving two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical