GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| cipher | zero |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |