GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provenance | origin |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| paradigm | example |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |