GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| duration | continuance in time |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| brook | creek |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |