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
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|---|---|
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
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| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| pummel | pound |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
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| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |