GRE Word List

AFFECTED

artificial; pretended

The meaning of the word affected is artificial; pretended.

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gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
tethera line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement
obscuredark
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refuteto prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
tremora trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease
siftto put through a sieve
convulsionan abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles
porouspossessing or full of pores
sycophanta servile self-seeking flatterer