GRE Word List
PURCHASE
to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy
The meaning of the word purchase is to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
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| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
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| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |