GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| passe | past one's prime |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |