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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WordMeaning
prolificproducing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful
yoretime past and especially long past
dissipateto break up and drive off
dispiritedto deprive of morale or enthusiasm
unfalteringnot wavering or weakening : firm
congruentcongruous
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
militateto have weight or effect
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
dregssediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate