GRE Word List

CONTRIVE

devise

The meaning of the word contrive is devise.

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poreto gaze intently
rakishof, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute
jesta joking or mocking remark
lecheryinordinate (see inordinate
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precociousexceptionally early in development or occurrence
limpidmarked by transparency (see transparent
anthropomorphicdescribed or thought of as having a human form or human attributes
minatoryhaving a menacing quality
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