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 |
|---|---|
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| giddy | dizzy |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |