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 |
|---|---|
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| dissension | disagreement |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| defer | put off |