GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
