GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |