GRE Word List
PRETENTIOUS
characterized by pretension: such as
The meaning of the word pretentious is characterized by pretension: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |