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 |
|---|---|
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |