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 |
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| influx | a coming in |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
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| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |