GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| quarry | game |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |