Sunday, September 28, 2008

Word of the Week #5

Word- Ostensible

Source- Politico.com

How it was used- The ostensible topic of the evening was foreign policy, which was defined elastically enough by moderator Jim Lehrer that the financial crisis dominated the first half of the debate.

Definition- –adjective

1. outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.

2. apparent, evident, or conspicuous: the ostensible truth of their theories.

I saw the ostensible look on her face after she ran into a pole in front of the entire school.

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