GRE Word List

CONTRIVANCE

a thing contrived

The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.

Random words

WordMeaning
viseany of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam
infamoushaving a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
ingratean ungrateful person
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
corollarya proposition (see proposition
waiveto relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily
affectedartificial; pretended
dissentto withhold assent or approval
permeablecapable of being permeated : penetrable
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher