GRE Word List

OSTENSIBLE

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WordMeaning
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
clapperone that claps: such as
recoursea turning to someone or something for help or protection
didacticdesigned or intended to teach
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
constitutionthe basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it
surfeitan overabundant supply : excess
direexciting horror
duressforcible restraint or restriction