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 |
|---|---|
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |