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 |
|---|---|
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| doddering | feeble |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |