GRE Word List

CONTRIVE

devise

The meaning of the word contrive is devise.

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roilto make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of
myriadten thousand
tatterto make ragged
tyrannyoppressive power
inclinedhaving inclination, disposition, or tendency
humblenot proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive
cynicalhaving or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as
coincorner
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
pretendto give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing