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 |
|---|---|
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| actuary | clerk |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| environ | encircle |