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 |
|---|---|
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| scourge | whip |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |