GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rightful | just |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| scintilla | spark |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
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| pugilist | fighter |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |