GRE Word List
PRETEND
to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing
The meaning of the word pretend is to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |