GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| cue | the letter q |
| encumber | weigh down |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |