GRE Word List
DEFER
put off
The meaning of the word defer is put off.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ebullient | boiling |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| dilute | attenuate |
| random | a haphazard course |