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 |
|---|---|
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| sleek | slick |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |