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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| score | twenty |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |