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 |
|---|---|
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| modish | fashionable |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| harass | exhaust |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| fester | to generate pus |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |