GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| submerge | to put under water |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| novelty | something new or unusual |