GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| debonair | suave |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |