GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |