GRE Word List
PRETENTIOUS
characterized by pretension: such as
The meaning of the word pretentious is characterized by pretension: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| pending | during |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| demise | death |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |