GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| potentate | ruler |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |