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 |
|---|---|
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| commune | talk over |
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