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.
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| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| modish | fashionable |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |