GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
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|---|---|
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
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| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
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| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
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| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
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