GRE Word List

PENSIVE

musingly or dreamily thoughtful

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

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cherubican order of angels see celestial hierarchy
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prefigureto show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness
abstractdisassociated from any specific instance
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debilitateto impair the strength of : enfeeble
adaptto make fit (as for a new use) often by modification