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 |
|---|---|
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
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| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
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