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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tricksterone who tricks: such as
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piscatorialpiscatory
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veerto change direction or course
burnishto make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing
exiguousexcessively scanty : inadequate
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
conceptionthe process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss