GMAT Vocabulary Flash Cards @ englishpdf.com and englishteststore.com File 140 contraposition (n) A placing opposite contravene (v) To prevent or obstruct the operation of contribution (n) The act of giving for a common purpose contributor (n) One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose contrite (adj) Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin contrivance (n) The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose contrive (v) To manage or carry through by some device or scheme control (v) To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over