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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |