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 |
|---|---|
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| flighty | swift |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |