GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| collected | gathered together |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |