GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| overweening | arrogant |