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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WordMeaning
reconditedifficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep
feuda mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate
demeanto lower in character, status, or reputation
lancea steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry
spurnto reject with disdain or contempt : scorn
queasycausing nausea
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
arbitraryexisting or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
hypotheticalinvolving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
mischancebad luck