GRE Word List
DEFER
put off
The meaning of the word defer is put off.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| galvanic | of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |