GRE Word List

OSTENSIBLE

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WordMeaning
dribbleto issue sporadically and in small bits
succumbto yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire
moratoriuma legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
undertakerone who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur
allegeto assert without proof or before proving
grudgeto be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully
recoursea turning to someone or something for help or protection