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 |
|---|---|
| haven | harbor |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| parlance | speech |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| malediction | curse |