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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perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
waif | a stray person or animal |
interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |