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 |
|---|---|
| blackball | to vote against |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| warranted | sanction |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| pilfer | steal |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |