GRE Word List
BOGUS
not genuine : counterfeit
The meaning of the word bogus is not genuine : counterfeit.
Random words
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unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ยน/โโ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
botch | an inflammatory sore |
tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |