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 |
|---|---|
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| exhume | disinter |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |