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 |
|---|---|
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |