GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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farce | stuff |
putrefy | to make putrid |
optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
quisling | traitor |
mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |