GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |