GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scourge | whip |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| aromatic | of, relating to, or having aroma: |
| whittle | a large knife |