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 |
|---|---|
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| exude | to ooze out |