GRE Word List
AFFECTED
artificial; pretended
The meaning of the word affected is artificial; pretended.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |