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 |
|---|---|
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| primal | original |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |