GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| colloquy | conversation |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| conscientious | meticulous |