GRE Word List

APOCRYPHAL

of doubtful authenticity : spurious

The meaning of the word apocryphal is of doubtful authenticity : spurious.

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spectralof, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly
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anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
navigabledeep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships
derogatoryexpressive of a low opinion : disparaging
mutinousdisposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious
sluggishaverse to activity or exertion : indolent
throbto pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity
moltto shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically