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 |
|---|---|
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| motley | variegated in color |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |