GRE Word List
PENSIVE
musingly or dreamily thoughtful
The meaning of the word pensive is musingly or dreamily thoughtful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| cipher | zero |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| defalcate | deduct |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |