GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| demerit | offense |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |