GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| commune | talk over |
| exude | to ooze out |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |