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 |
|---|---|
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| edifice | building |