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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |