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 |
|---|---|
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| quench | put out |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |