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 |
|---|---|
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| cohorts | companion |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| lampoon | satire |
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| fleck | streak |