GRE Word List

CONTRIVE

devise

The meaning of the word contrive is devise.

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monochromatichaving or consisting of one color or hue
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bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
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