GRE Word List
PENSIVE
musingly or dreamily thoughtful
The meaning of the word pensive is musingly or dreamily thoughtful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
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| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |