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 |
|---|---|
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |