GRE Word List

PUTATIVE

commonly accepted or supposed

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

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protegeone who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
exemplifyto show or illustrate by example
contrivedevise
tutelaryhaving the guardianship of a person or a thing
belaborto attack verbally
larcenythe unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently
elegya poem in elegiac couplets
purgeto clear of guilt
robusthaving or exhibiting strength or vigorous health