GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |