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 |
|---|---|
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| braid | to make from braids |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |