GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| comestible | edible |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |