GRE Word List

OSTENSIBLE

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WordMeaning
consonantbeing in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord
ebbthe reflux of the tide toward the sea
predetermineforeordain
pseudonyma fictitious name
paradigmexample
tanto make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun
gallbrazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
imprecationcurse
retiringreserved