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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libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
headlong | headfirst |