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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arrayto dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
mountebanka person who sells quack medicines from a platform
predisposeto dispose in advance
slapdashhaphazard
allegiancethe obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord
genesisthe origin or coming into being of something
saccharineof, relating to, or resembling that of sugar
conceitfavorable opinion
replicaan exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist