GRE Word List

PUTATIVE

commonly accepted or supposed

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

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lineamentsan outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face
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earthlycharacteristic of or belonging to this earth
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affectedartificial; pretended
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