GRE Word List

DEFER

put off

The meaning of the word defer is put off.

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triflinglacking in significance or solid worth: such as
odiumthe state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance
mergerthe absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
stippleto engrave by means of dots and flicks
quaya structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place
coalesceto grow together
atrophydecrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue
parishthe ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor
obsidiana dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava