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 |
|---|---|
| delusive | likely to delude |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |