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 |
|---|---|
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
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| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |