GRE Word List
DEFACE
to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details
The meaning of the word deface is to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| devious | wandering |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |