GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| actuary | clerk |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |