GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| amend | to put right |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| feint | something feigned |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |