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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |