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 |
|---|---|
| dynamo | generator |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |