GRE Word List

PENSIVE

musingly or dreamily thoughtful

The meaning of the word pensive is musingly or dreamily thoughtful.

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WordMeaning
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
anguishextreme pain, distress, or anxiety
contemptthe act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain
decrepitudethe quality or state of being decrepit
impartto give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store
assumptiona taking to or upon oneself
abysmalimmeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
raspto rub with something rough
ensconceshelter