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 |
|---|---|
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |