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 |
|---|---|
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |