GRE Word List
OSTENSIBLE
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |