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 |
|---|---|
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| conspire | plot |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| license | permission to act |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |