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 |
|---|---|
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
