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 |
|---|---|
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| defer | put off |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |