GRE Word List
PURPORTED
reputed
The meaning of the word purported is reputed.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |