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 |
|---|---|
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| opus | work |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| append | attach |
| hirsute | hairy |