GRE Word List
DEVOLVE
to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another
The meaning of the word devolve is to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| provident | frugal |
| refrain | curb |