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 |
|---|---|
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |