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 |
|---|---|
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |