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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |