GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| gnome | maxim |
| shambles | a meat market |
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| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
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