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 |
|---|---|
| submerge | to put under water |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |