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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |