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 |
|---|---|
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |