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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WordMeaning
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
doffto remove (an article of wear) from the body
reproachan expression of rebuke or disapproval
drollhaving a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality
limpidmarked by transparency (see transparent
amplifyto expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis
gentlefree from harshness, sternness, or violence
shavingthe act of one that shaves
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed