GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evenhanded | fair |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| forebears | ancestor |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |