GRE Word List
SPURIOUS
born to parents not married to each other
The meaning of the word spurious is born to parents not married to each other.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |