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 |
|---|---|
| wont | accustomed |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| contest | strive |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |