GRE Word List
APOCRYPHAL
of doubtful authenticity : spurious
The meaning of the word apocryphal is of doubtful authenticity : spurious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |