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 |
|---|---|
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |