GRE Word List
SUPPOSITITIOUS
fraudulently substituted : spurious
The meaning of the word supposititious is fraudulently substituted : spurious.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| cryptic | secret |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| blackball | to vote against |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |