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 |
|---|---|
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |