GRE Word List
PENSIVE
musingly or dreamily thoughtful
The meaning of the word pensive is musingly or dreamily thoughtful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| inanimate | not animate: |