GRE Word List
PUTATIVE
commonly accepted or supposed
The meaning of the word putative is commonly accepted or supposed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| attentive | mindful |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| sleek | slick |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| clamor | noisy shouting |