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 |
|---|---|
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |