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 |
|---|---|
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| engender | beget |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |