GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |