GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
| conflagration | fire |
| paramour | lover |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| inundate | overwhelm |