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 |
|---|---|
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |