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 |
|---|---|
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |