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 |
|---|---|
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |