GRE Word List
APOCRYPHAL
of doubtful authenticity : spurious
The meaning of the word apocryphal is of doubtful authenticity : spurious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lax | loose |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |