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 |
|---|---|
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |