GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |