GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |