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 |
|---|---|
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| append | attach |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |