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 |
|---|---|
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| brawny | muscular |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |