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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| motley | variegated in color |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |