GRE Word List
DEVISE
to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
The meaning of the word devise is to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| guy | man |
| haven | harbor |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |