GRE Word List
PENSIVE
musingly or dreamily thoughtful
The meaning of the word pensive is musingly or dreamily thoughtful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| mystic | mystical |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |