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 |
|---|---|
| exhume | disinter |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| warranted | sanction |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |