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 |
|---|---|
| growl | rumble |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |