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 |
|---|---|
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| romp | one that romps |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |