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 |
|---|---|
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| convention | agreement |
| kismet | fate |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |