GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |