GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |