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 |
|---|---|
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |