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 |
|---|---|
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |