GRE Word List
CONTRIVANCE
a thing contrived
The meaning of the word contrivance is a thing contrived.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| devotee | an ardent follower, supporter, or enthusiast (as of a religion, art form, or sport) |
| auroral | dawn |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| giddy | dizzy |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |