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 |
|---|---|
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |