GRE Word List
AFFECTED
artificial; pretended
The meaning of the word affected is artificial; pretended.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| niggle | trifle |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |