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 |
|---|---|
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| polity | political organization |
| categorical | absolute |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| impuissance | weakness |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |