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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |