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 |
|---|---|
| farce | stuff |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| wont | accustomed |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |