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 |
|---|---|
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| ram | a male sheep |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |