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 |
|---|---|
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |