GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| inundate | overwhelm |