GRE Word List
DEFECTION
conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion
The meaning of the word defection is conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |