GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pliant | pliable |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |