GRE Word List
DEFECT
shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite one)
The meaning of the word defect is shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite one).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aviary | enclosure for birds; large cage |
| discount | disregard; regard (a story or news) as unimportant; deduct from a cost |
| rooster | cock; adult male chicken |
| pendulous | hanging; suspended |
| colossal | huge |
| premonition | forewarning; presentiment; foreboding |
| morgue | mortuary; place where bodies are kept before burial or cremation |
| cow | terrorize; intimidate |
| habitat | natural home of a plant or animal; CF. habitation |
| browse | graze; feed on growing grass; skim or glance at casually |
