GRE Word List
APOCRYPHAL
of doubtful authenticity : spurious
The meaning of the word apocryphal is of doubtful authenticity : spurious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |