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 |
|---|---|
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| nourish | nurture |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| impinge | encroach |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| hirsute | hairy |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |