Vocabulary Word
Word: ostensible
Definition: apparent; appearing as such; professed(pretended); pretended; Ex. ostensible purpose of the expedition
Definition: apparent; appearing as such; professed(pretended); pretended; Ex. ostensible purpose of the expedition
Sentences Containing 'ostensible'
He was brushed and washed at the usual hour, and set off with his son to pursue his ostensible calling.
`Now as to this article,'said Cincinnati, slashing into the ostensible butter and holding forward a slab of it on his knife blade,`it's from our house; look at it smell of it taste it.
``I own that your question embarrasses me, Valentine, for I can not say that the count has rendered me any ostensible service.
The ostensible reason why Ahab did not go on board of the whaler we had spoken was this: the wind and sea betokened storms.
More Vocab Words
::: pretension - pretentiousness; claim (without foundation); Ex. I make no pretensions to skill as an artist.::: desultory - aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
::: tirade - long angry denunciatory speech; diatribe; harangue; extended scolding; denunciation
::: indoctrinate - cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it; Ex. indoctrinated with mindless anti-communism
::: amulet - charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil, bad luck
::: striated - marked with parallel bands; striped; grooved; Ex. striated rocks; V. striate; N. stria: thin groove or line
::: tactful - careful no to cause offence; OP. tactless
::: decomposition - decay; V. decompose: decay; break and separate into simple parts
::: exigency - urgent situation; ADJ. exigent
::: diversion - act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse
