The Women Flashcards

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Pretentious

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attempting toimpressby affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actuallypossessed.

“a pretentious literary device

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Pretense

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an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.
“his anger is masked by a pretense that all is well

a claim, especially a false or ambitious one.

“he was quick to disclaim any pretense to superiority”

She couldn’t’ imagine a future that didn’t include pain or pretense

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Impetuous

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acting or done quickly and without thought or care.

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existential

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relating to existence.
“the climate crisis is an existential threat to the world”
PHILOSOPHY
concerned with existence, especially human existence as viewed in the theories of existentialism.
“the existential dilemma is this: because we are free, we are also inherently responsible”
LOGIC
(of a proposition) affirming or implying the existence of a thing.
“the existential proposition that truth and reality are constructed fictions”

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