GRE Word List
PENSIVE
musingly or dreamily thoughtful
The meaning of the word pensive is musingly or dreamily thoughtful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |
| trample | tramp |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |