GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| edifice | building |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |