GRE Word List
AFFECTED
artificial; pretended
The meaning of the word affected is artificial; pretended.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| pundit | pandit |