GRE Word List
DEFECT
an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming
The meaning of the word defect is an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| refrain | curb |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| nomenclature | name |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |