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 |
|---|---|
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |