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 |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| ebullient | boiling |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| invalid | not valid: |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| farce | stuff |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |