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 |
|---|---|
| refrain | curb |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| exude | to ooze out |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |