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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WordMeaning
plumbera dealer or worker in lead
stanchto check or stop the flowing of
staticexerting force by reason of weight alone without motion
retrospectiveof, relating to, or given to retrospection
apotheosisthe perfect form or example of something : quintessence
abodethe place where one lives : home
ungainlylacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy
morosehaving a sullen and gloomy disposition
genesisthe origin or coming into being of something
irrefutableimpossible to refute : incontrovertible