GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| finished | entirely done |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |