GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |