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 |
|---|---|
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |