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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| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| diadem | crown |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| desiccate | to dry up |
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