GRE Word List
AFFECTED
artificial; pretended
The meaning of the word affected is artificial; pretended.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |