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 |
|---|---|
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |