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 |
|---|---|
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |