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 |
|---|---|
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| deify | to make a god of |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| impinge | encroach |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |