GRE Word List
AFFECTED
artificial; pretended
The meaning of the word affected is artificial; pretended.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| obscure | dark |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |