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.

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garnerto gather into storage
enactto establish by legal and authoritative act
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
anestheticof, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia
usurpto seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right
raga waste piece of cloth
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
peremptoryputting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay
slywise in practical affairs
nomenclaturename