GRE Word List

CONTRIVE

devise

The meaning of the word contrive is devise.

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invulnerableincapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed
adamantunshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding
accommodateto provide with something desired, needed, or suited
irreconcilableimpossible to reconcile
prosceniumthe stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater
canvassto go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments
satiricalof, relating to, or constituting satire
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