GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| clown | farmer |
| demise | death |