The phrase which defines “pretensions” best is claims of importance.
<em>Pretensions</em> refer to the form of more serious or of being more important than the actual reason. Also, pretensions may refer to a belief or claim that you have serious value and are important.
<u>For example:</u>
It sounds pretentious that the current government will work for the people after the next elections.
D. <span> blond, good-natured, and an accomplished liar</span>
The overarching goal of international SSR assistance is to help nations offer security and justice services to their citizens in ways that are responsible to the state and its people, effective, efficient, and inexpensive, and respectful of international norms, standards, and human rights.
The word milton is a trochee.
A trochee is a metric foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. Milton is pronounced MILton. If Milton was an iamb, it would not vary from the traditional iambic pattern. Milton cannot be a dactyl because a dactyl is three syllables. The first syllable is stressed and is followed by two stressed syllables.
