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 |
|---|---|
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |