GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |