GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |