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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |