GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fete | festival |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| laud | praise |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |