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 |
|---|---|
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |