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 |
|---|---|
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| mortician | undertaker |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| ebullient | boiling |