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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WordMeaning
megalomaniaa mania (see mania
cunningdexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end
glaringhaving a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger
sophisticateddeprived of native or original simplicity: such as
regenta person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
scurvya disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes
dowdynot neat or becoming in appearance : shabby
primethe second of the canonical hours