GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
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| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |