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.
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pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
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rarefied | being less dense |
objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
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temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
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