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 |
|---|---|
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| grotto | cave |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |