GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
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The meaning of the word ostensible is intended for display : open to view.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |