GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| peerless | matchless |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |