GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |