GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| reek | smoke |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |