GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |