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 |
|---|---|
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |