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 |
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tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
remediable | capable of being remedied |
chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
prattle | prate |