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 |
|---|---|
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| colloquy | conversation |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| grudging | unwilling |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |