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 |
|---|---|
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |