GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| slaughter | the act of killing |