GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| license | permission to act |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| clip | encompass |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| lunar | crescent |