GRE Word List
AFFECTED
artificial; pretended
The meaning of the word affected is artificial; pretended.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |