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 |
|---|---|
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| repercussion | reflection |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| cursive | running |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| contest | strive |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |