GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |