GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
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|---|---|
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |