GRE Word List
PURPORTED
reputed
The meaning of the word purported is reputed.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |