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 |
|---|---|
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |