GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| query | question |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| coin | corner |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |