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 |
|---|---|
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |