GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
apparent; appearing as such; professed(pretended); pretended; Ex. ostensible purpose of the expedition
The meaning of the word ostensible is apparent; appearing as such; professed(pretended); pretended; Ex. ostensible purpose of the expedition.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disenfranchise | disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP. enfranchise |
| anachronism | an error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time; ADJ. anachronistic |
| orient | get one's bearings; adjust; make familiar with a situation; orientate |
| altercation | noisy quarrel |
| apocryphal | (of a story) widely believed but untrue |
| ogle | look at amorously; make eyes at; Ex. old men ogling young girls |
| centrifuge | machine that separates substances by whirling them |
| indeterminate | uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite |
| mete | measure; distribute; administer; Ex. mete out justice/punishment |
| prone | inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate; lying with the front downward; Ex. prone to disease/make mistakes; Ex. accident-prone |
