GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |