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 |
|---|---|
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| flounder | flatfish |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| gnome | maxim |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |