GRE Word List
DEFER
put off
The meaning of the word defer is put off.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| pending | during |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |