GRE Word List

DEFALCATE

deduct

The meaning of the word defalcate is deduct.

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impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
fulminateto utter or send out with denunciation
killjoyone who spoils the pleasure of others
scuffleto struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion
surveillanceclose watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective)
arbitera person with power to decide a dispute : judge
trothloyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity
attritionsorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God
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