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 |
|---|---|
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| paradigm | example |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |