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 |
|---|---|
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |