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 |
|---|---|
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| reek | smoke |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| headlong | headfirst |