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).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| facade | the front of a building |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| amity | friendship |