GRE Word List

PENSIVE

musingly or dreamily thoughtful

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

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WordMeaning
sophistphilosopher
affectedartificial; pretended
mesmerizeto subject to mesmerism
capacitylegal competency (see competence
sonneta fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme
myopicaffected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted
uninhibitedfree from inhibition
distinctdistinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete
pento shut in or as if in a pen
gaudyostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented