GRE Word List
PURPORTED
reputed
The meaning of the word purported is reputed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| demur | to take exception : object |