GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| tome | book |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| contest | strive |