GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
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| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
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