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 |
|---|---|
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
