GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| dominate | rule |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |