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 |
|---|---|
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| amity | friendship |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |