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 |
|---|---|
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |