GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |