GRE Word List
CONTRIVED
having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial
The meaning of the word contrived is having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |