GRE Word List

CONTRIVANCE

a thing contrived

The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.

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WordMeaning
audaciousintrepidly daring : adventurous
meteoricof or relating to a meteor
significanthaving meaning
scrapsfragments of discarded or leftover food
affinityrelationship by marriage
diffusebeing at once verbose and ill-organized
fetidhaving a heavy offensive smell
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
exacerbateto make more violent, bitter, or severe