GRE Word List
PURPORTED
reputed
The meaning of the word purported is reputed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rift | fissure |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| malediction | curse |