GRE Word List

CONTRIVE

devise

The meaning of the word contrive is devise.

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WordMeaning
appositehighly pertinent or appropriate : apt
refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
cognitiveof, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)
mediateoccupying a middle position
bullya blustering, browbeating person
rumbleto make a low heavy rolling sound
dourstern
apparentopen to view : visible
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
incentivesomething that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action