GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |