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 |
|---|---|
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| gnome | maxim |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |