GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| colloquy | conversation |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| ramification | branch |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| resign | relegate |