GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
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|---|---|
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
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