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

WordMeaning
insomniaprolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep
inklinga slight knowledge or vague notion
umbragea feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult
amorphoushaving no definite form : shapeless
odysseya long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune
betrothto promise to marry
noveltysomething new or unusual
wrangleto dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker
soporificcausing or tending to cause sleep
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source