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 |
|---|---|
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |