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 |
|---|---|
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |