GRE Word List
DEFER
put off
The meaning of the word defer is put off.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |