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 |
|---|---|
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |