GRE Word List
AFFECTED
artificial; pretended
The meaning of the word affected is artificial; pretended.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| vertebrate | any 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 |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| guileless | innocent |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| docile | easily taught |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |