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 |
|---|---|
| bacchanal | orgy |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| amity | friendship |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |