GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |