GRE Word List

PUTATIVE

commonly accepted or supposed

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

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bohemiana native or inhabitant of Bohemia
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
rectifyto set right : remedy
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windfallsomething (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind
practicablecapable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible
revileto subject to verbal abuse : vituperate
floraa treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period
gallbrazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence
problematicposing a problem : difficult to solve or decide