GRE Word List

PUTATIVE

commonly accepted or supposed

The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.

Random words

WordMeaning
accretionthe process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
looma frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace
rendezvousa place appointed for assembling or meeting
anarchyabsence of government
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
contrivancea thing contrived
clamberto climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet
generalitythe quality or state of being general
odiousarousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful