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 |
|---|---|
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |