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 |
|---|---|
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| brazen | made of brass |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| portly | dignified |