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 |
|---|---|
| fester | to generate pus |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| beeline | a straight direct course |