GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |