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 |
|---|---|
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |