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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benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
prompt | to move to action : incite |
tome | book |
chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
podium | a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as |