GRE Word List
APOCRYPHAL
of doubtful authenticity : spurious
The meaning of the word apocryphal is of doubtful authenticity : spurious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| encompass | include |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |