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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WordMeaning
elaborateplanned or carried out with great care
belateddelayed beyond the usual time
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
sullyto make soiled or tarnished : defile
hauntto visit often : frequent
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
discerningshowing insight and understanding : discriminating
weanto accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing
halefree from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound
granulateto form or crystallize into grains or granules