GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| fulcrum | prop |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |