GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bargain | an 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 |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |