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 |
|---|---|
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| shove | to push along |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |