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 |
|---|---|
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| demise | death |