GRE Word List

PUTATIVE

commonly accepted or supposed

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

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gamelya physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other
ravagean act or practice of ravaging
practicalof, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal
defalcatededuct
tumidmarked by swelling : swollen
regenta person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign
stoica member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.
slackento make less active : slow up
squabblea noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters
exultto be extremely joyful : rejoice