GRE Word List
FACTITIOUS
produced by humans rather than by natural forces
The meaning of the word factitious is produced by humans rather than by natural forces.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scion | descendant |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |