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 |
|---|---|
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |