GRE Word List
PURPORTED
reputed
The meaning of the word purported is reputed.
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carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
tactful | having or showing tact |
dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
inflated | distended with air or gas |
sledge | sledgehammer |
symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |