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 |
|---|---|
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| dire | exciting horror |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| mortician | undertaker |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |