GRE Word List
DEFER
put off
The meaning of the word defer is put off.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |