tent

Usage

• portent

  A portent is a warning that indicates what is likely to happen in the future, which is usually something unpleasant.

• contentious

  When someone is contentious, they are argumentative and likely to provoke a fight.

• ostentatious

  If you describe an action as ostentatious, you think it is an extreme and exaggerated way of impressing people.

• pretentious

  If you are pretentious, you think you are really great in some way and let everyone know about it, despite the fact that it's not the case at all.

• attentive

  If you are attentive in the classroom, you are very aware of what is going on because you are focused on what the teacher is telling you.

• attention

  the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

• contention

  a point asserted as part of an argument

• detente

  the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations)

• extent

  the point or degree to which something extends

• inattentive

  showing a lack of attention or care

• intention

  an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

• ostentation

  a gaudy outward display

• portentous

  of momentous or ominous significance

• tent

  a portable shelter usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs

• unintentional

  without deliberate intent