GRE Word List
PURPORTED
reputed
The meaning of the word purported is reputed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |