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 |
|---|---|
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |