GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |