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 |
|---|---|
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| finished | entirely done |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| nomenclature | name |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |