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 |
|---|---|
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| indite | make up |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| farce | stuff |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |