GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |