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 |
|---|---|
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |