GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| doze | to sleep lightly |