GRE Word List
CONTRIVE
devise
The meaning of the word contrive is devise.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| grudging | unwilling |
| docile | easily taught |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |