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 |
|---|---|
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
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| bliss | complete happiness |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| deify | to make a god of |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
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