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 |
|---|---|
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |