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 |
|---|---|
| myriad | ten thousand |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |