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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| impuissance | weakness |