GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| inequity | injustice |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |