GRE Word List

CONTRIVANCE

a thing contrived

The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.

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bargainan agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
sustenancemeans of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
gluttonone given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking
palettea thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on
maculatedmarked with spots : blotched
imbalancelack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion
swearto utter or take solemnly (an oath)
mundaneof, relating to, or characteristic of the world
redundantexceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous
bacchanaliaa Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry