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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| dire | exciting horror |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| gnome | maxim |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |