GRE Word List
APOCRYPHAL
of doubtful authenticity : spurious
The meaning of the word apocryphal is of doubtful authenticity : spurious.
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|---|---|
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
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| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |