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 |
|---|---|
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |