GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |