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 |
|---|---|
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| combustible | capable of combustion |