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
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| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| brink | edge |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |