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 |
|---|---|
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| poise | balance |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |