GRE Word List

CONTRIVE

devise

The meaning of the word contrive is devise.

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statelymarked by lofty or imposing dignity
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memorializeto address or petition by a memorial
aggrandizeto make great or greater : increase
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raimentclothing
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glossyhaving a surface luster or brightness
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