GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| guy | man |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |