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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |