GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| decipher | decode |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| condole | grieve |
| antecede | precede |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |