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 |
|---|---|
| ignite | to set afire |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| lofty | elevated in character and spirit : noble |