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 |
|---|---|
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |