GRE Word List

OSTENSIBLE

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WordMeaning
concatenatelinked together
vulpineof, relating to, or resembling a fox
chaperona person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety
premisea proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference
effronteryshameless boldness : insolence
mercantileof or relating to merchants or trading
baroqueof, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension
foiblethe part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point
ethnologya branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures
pervasiveexisting in or spreading through every part of something