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 |
|---|---|
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| executioner | one who executes |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| calorific | caloric |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |