GRE Word List

OSTENSIBLE

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intransigencethe quality or state of being intransigent
miniona servile dependent, follower, or underling
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
aberrantdeviating from the usual or natural type : atypical
outstripto go faster or farther than
proliferateto grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
stenchstink
ardoran often restless or transitory warmth of feeling
arteryany of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body
inherentinvolved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic