GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| flair | a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent |