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 |
|---|---|
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| appease | pacify |
| query | question |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |