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 |
|---|---|
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |