GRE Word List
PRETENSION
an allegation of doubtful value : pretext
The meaning of the word pretension is an allegation of doubtful value : pretext.
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|---|---|
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
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| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |