GRE Word List

OSTENSIBLE

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WordMeaning
malfeasancewrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official
varnisha liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating
cholericeasily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
wiltloose freshness; droop
plumba lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction
celibateof, relating to, or characterized by celibacy:
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
inanimatenot animate:
repudiateto refuse to accept
abeyancea state of temporary inactivity : suspension