GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| render | to melt down |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |