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pretentious
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Esperanza Rising
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- "But he could build another house, bigger and more pretentious anywhere on the property," said Mama.†
p. 33.1pretentious = attempting to act more impressive than is deserved
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(pretentious) acting more impressive than is deserved
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, the word form, pretension, can mean to apply tension to something before an event--as when a seat belt is pretensioned so it will be snug prior to use in an accident.