GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| prong | fork |
| demure | reserved |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| unfrock | defrock |