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 |
|---|---|
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| countenance | look |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |