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 |
|---|---|
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| commune | talk over |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |