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 |
|---|---|
| coalesce | to grow together |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |