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 |
|---|---|
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| slapdash | haphazard |