GRE Word List
AFFECTED
artificial; pretended
The meaning of the word affected is artificial; pretended.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| writ | something written : writing |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| warrant | sanction |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| grotto | cave |