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 |
|---|---|
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| 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 |
| kismet | fate |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |