GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |