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 |
|---|---|
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |