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 |
|---|---|
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| brawny | muscular |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| reek | smoke |