GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |