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 |
|---|---|
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |