GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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mediate | occupying a middle position |
jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
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 |
precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
chastise | to censure severely : castigate |