GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| approbation | commendation |
| polity | political organization |
| retrench | cut down |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |