GRE Word List
PRETENTIOUS
characterized by pretension: such as
The meaning of the word pretentious is characterized by pretension: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |