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 |
|---|---|
| writ | something written : writing |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| actuary | clerk |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| ravenous | rapacious |