Vocab: Ostensible

Kathy’s Word of the Week (7/9/2018)

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ostensible

Pronunciation:
os-ten-si-ble

Definition:
stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so

As used in a sentence:
Their ostensible goal was to clean up government corruption, but their real aim was to unseat the government.

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