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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WordMeaning
pertsaucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
kudospraise given for achievement
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
knitto form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles
withholdto hold back from action : check
aloftat or to a great height
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
primethe second of the canonical hours
pastoralof, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen
cantataa composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment