GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |