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 |
|---|---|
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| onus | burden |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |