GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |