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 |
|---|---|
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| demure | reserved |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |