GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| calorific | caloric |
| resign | relegate |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |