GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
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|---|---|
| garnish | decorate |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
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| soar | to fly aloft or about |
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| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
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