GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
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Word | Meaning |
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perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
haunt | to visit often : frequent |
colloquy | conversation |
appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
figment | something made up or contrived |
dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |