GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| martial | of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |