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 |
|---|---|
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
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| ponderous | of very great weight |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
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| savory | having savor: such as |