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 |
|---|---|
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| faculty | ability |