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 |
|---|---|
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |