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 |
|---|---|
| mortician | undertaker |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| duration | continuance in time |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |