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 |
|---|---|
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |