GRE Word List
DEFER
put off
The meaning of the word defer is put off.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |