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 |
|---|---|
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |