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 |
|---|---|
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| bulk | magnitude |