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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WordMeaning
prerogativean exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as
obliterateto remove utterly from recognition or memory
doffto remove (an article of wear) from the body
elucidateto make lucid especially by explanation or analysis
reduceto draw together or cause to converge : consolidate
recuperateto get back : regain
trickleto issue or fall in drops
contrivancea thing contrived
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
dorsalan ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar