GRE Word List
PENSIVE
musingly or dreamily thoughtful
The meaning of the word pensive is musingly or dreamily thoughtful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| apprehend | arrest |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| nullify | to make null (see null |