GRE Word List

AFFECTED

artificial; pretended

The meaning of the word affected is artificial; pretended.

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WordMeaning
inscrutablenot readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
insolencethe quality or state of being insolent
preemptto acquire (something, such as land) by preemption
translucentpermitting the passage of light:
guilelessinnocent
crochetneedlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle
docileeasily taught
wrongheadedstubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles