GRE Word List

PUTATIVE

commonly accepted or supposed

The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.

Random words

WordMeaning
aghaststruck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset
threshto separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically
clapto strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise
slapdashhaphazard
disfigureto impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries
libertinea freethinker especially in religious matters
climeclimate
abscissionthe act or process of cutting off : removal
studiousassiduous in the pursuit of learning
universalincluding or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception