GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| willowy | abounding with willows |