GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| edifice | building |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |