GRE Word List
PENSIVE
musingly or dreamily thoughtful
The meaning of the word pensive is musingly or dreamily thoughtful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |