GRE Word List

OSTENSIBLE

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WordMeaning
mawkishlacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste
hypocriticalcharacterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy
forgea furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy
discriminatingmaking a distinction : distinguishing
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
knacka special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach
douseto plunge into water
concorda state of agreement : harmony
egotisticalcharacterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric