GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| scion | descendant |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |