GRE Word List
PURPORTED
reputed
The meaning of the word purported is reputed.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |