GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |