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.

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meteto give out by measure : dole out
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domineerto exercise arbitrary or overbearing control
bedizento dress or adorn gaudily
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infidelone who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity
bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
torpedoa weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as
amoralhaving or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong