GRE Word List
DEFER
put off
The meaning of the word defer is put off.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |