GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| billow | wave |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |