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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derangedmentally unsound : crazy
scowlto contract the brow in an expression of displeasure
libidoinstinctual 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
bruisean injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion
fluctuateto shift back and forth uncertainly
voyeursomeone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts
fallibleliable to be erroneous
resurgeto undergo a resurgence
suppressto put down by authority or force : subdue
atrocitya shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation