GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| foppish | foolish |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
