GRE Word List
DEFALCATE
deduct
The meaning of the word defalcate is deduct.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |