GRE Word List

CONTRIVANCE

a thing contrived

The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.

Random words

WordMeaning
incorrigibleincapable of being corrected or amended: such as
litheeasily bent or flexed
distinctivemarking as separate or different : serving to distinguish
yokela naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town
voodooa religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti
discriminateto mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of
caucusa closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy
malaisean indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
indeterminatenot definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
deployto extend (a military unit) especially in width