GRE Word List

CONTRIVE

devise

The meaning of the word contrive is devise.

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incorrigibleincapable of being corrected or amended: such as
acrimoniousangry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner
bawdyboisterously or humorously indecent
morguea place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
heedto pay attention
cipherzero
harryto make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault
rampantrearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended
compellingthat compels: such as