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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retaliate | to return like for like |
mediate | occupying a middle position |
hirsute | hairy |
forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |