GRE Word List
DEFER
put off
The meaning of the word defer is put off.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| anesthetic | of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia |
| encompass | include |