GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |