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 |
|---|---|
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| sublimate | sublime |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |