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 |
|---|---|
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| dire | exciting horror |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| influx | a coming in |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |