GRE Word List

CONTRIVANCE

a thing contrived

The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.

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hermeticof or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.
fulminateto utter or send out with denunciation
fiatan authoritative or arbitrary order : decree
pompositypompous demeanor, speech, or behavior
mannerismexaggerated or affected (see affected
paraphernaliathe separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life
exceptwith the exclusion or exception of
underlyinglying beneath or below
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patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people