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 |
|---|---|
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
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| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
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| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |