GRE Word List

OSTENSIBLE

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WordMeaning
concedeto acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly
provocativeserving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
bellicosefavoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
calamitya disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
servitudea condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life
retrieveto locate and bring in (killed or wounded game)
stagnantnot flowing in a current or stream
endearto cause to become beloved or admired
congruentcongruous
pranceto spring from the hind legs or move by so doing