GRE Word List

CONTRIVANCE

a thing contrived

The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.

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entailto impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
aureolea radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage
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resolveto deal with successfully : clear up
actuaryclerk
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
hermitagethe habitation of a hermit
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analgesiainsensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
inexorablenot to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless