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 |
|---|---|
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| aromatic | of, relating to, or having aroma: |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
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