GRE Word List
PURPORT
to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
The meaning of the word purport is to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred).
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| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
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| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
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| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
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