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 |
|---|---|
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |