GRE Word List

DEFER

put off

The meaning of the word defer is put off.

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WordMeaning
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
distinctivemarking as separate or different : serving to distinguish
virulentmarked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course
titterto laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle
knolla small round hill : mound
serebeing dried and withered
concomitantaccompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
temporalof or relating to time as opposed to eternity
galvanizeto subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically
trimto remove by or as if by cutting