GRE Word List

PURSE

a small bag for money

The meaning of the word purse is a small bag for money.

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pinnaclean upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress
fictitiousof, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary
irreverencelack of reverence
vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
tatterto make ragged
rolling(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
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suspendto debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
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