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 |
|---|---|
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |