GRE Word List
DEFER
put off
The meaning of the word defer is put off.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| haven | harbor |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |