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 |
|---|---|
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |