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 |
|---|---|
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |