GRE Word List
PURPORTED
reputed
The meaning of the word purported is reputed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| groom | bridegroom |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |