GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| tome | book |