GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exhume | disinter |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |