GRE Word List

CONTRIVANCE

a thing contrived

The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.

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enlivento give life, action, or spirit to : animate
epiloguea concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
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profusionlavish expenditure : extravagance
rectifyto set right : remedy
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