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
nubileof marriageable condition or age
presumeto undertake without leave or clear justification : dare
scruplea unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table
partialof or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total
irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover
illuminateto supply or brighten with light
entrepreneurone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise
reckoncount
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law