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 |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |