GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| dour | stern |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| thespian | actor |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |