GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| welter | writhe |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |