GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| romp | one that romps |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |