GRE Word List
BOGUS
not genuine : counterfeit
The meaning of the word bogus is not genuine : counterfeit.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| overthrow | overturn |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |