GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
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| apprehend | arrest |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
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| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
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| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |