GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| fiend | devil |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |