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 |
|---|---|
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |