GRE Word List

BOGUS

not genuine : counterfeit

The meaning of the word bogus is not genuine : counterfeit.

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checkto inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively
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proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
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