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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gazette | newspaper |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |