GRE vocabulary
Ostensible
stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.
Example
"The ostensible purpose of the meeting was to discuss budget cuts, but the real agenda was to announce layoffs."
Etymology
From Latin 'ostensibilis', from 'ostendere' (to show, to display).
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