GRE Word List
DEFALCATE
deduct
The meaning of the word defalcate is deduct.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |