GRE Word List

AFFECTED

artificial; pretended

The meaning of the word affected is artificial; pretended.

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feuda mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate
pertinenthaving a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
roseateresembling a rose especially in color
coddleto cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point
sobrietythe quality or state of being sober
duressforcible restraint or restriction
incongruitythe quality or state of being incongruous
fronda large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions
flayto strip off the skin or surface of : skin
mercenaryone that serves merely for wages