GRE Word List
DEFECTION
desertion
The meaning of the word defection is desertion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| salubrious | healthful; conducive to health or well-being; socially desirable; Ex. salubrious area; CF. health |
| penology | study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation |
| orifice | mouthlike opening; small opening (esp. to a cavern or passage of the body); CF. mouth |
| comeback | retort; quick clever reply; return to former status |
| incorporeal | without a material body; insubstantial |
| arboretum | place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited |
| agitate | stir up; disturb |
| inclined | tending or leaning toward; bent; V. incline: slant; dispose; be disposed; tend |
| eloquence | expressiveness; persuasive speech; ADJ. eloquent: movingly expressive; expressing ideas well so that the hearers can be influeneced |
| sovereign | ruler in a monarchy; ADJ: (of a country) independent and self-governing; having supreme power; supreme; excellent |
