ostensible

[o'stensəbl]

adjective

((of reasons etc) apparent, but not necessarily true: Illness was the ostensible reason for his absence, but in fact he was just lazy.) aparent

- ostensibly

ostensibly

adverb în aparenţă

ostentation

noun ostentaţie

ostentatious

[osten'teiʃəs]

adjective

(behaving, done etc in such a way as to be seen by other people and to impress them: Their style of living is very ostentatious.) ostentativ

- ostentation

- ostentatiousness

- ostentatiously

ostentatiously

adverb (în mod) ostentativ

ostentatiousness

noun ostentaţie

ostracise

verb

(to refuse to accept (someone) in society or a group: His former friends ostracized him because of his rudeness.) a ostraciza

- ostracism

ostracism

noun ostracizare

ostracize

verb

(to refuse to accept (someone) in society or a group: His former friends ostracized him because of his rudeness.) a ostraciza

- ostracism

ostrich

['ostri ]

noun

(a type of large bird which cannot fly.) struţ