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 |
|---|---|
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |