GRE Word List
APOCRYPHAL
of doubtful authenticity : spurious
The meaning of the word apocryphal is of doubtful authenticity : spurious.
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Word | Meaning |
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oaf | a stupid person : boob |
pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
piscatorial | piscatory |
mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
soar | to fly aloft or about |
fallacious | embodying a fallacy |