GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
intended for display : open to view
The meaning of the word ostensible is intended for display : open to view.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| reckon | count |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |