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 |
|---|---|
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| politic | political |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |