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
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|---|---|
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
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| denizen | inhabitant |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
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| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
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