GRE Word List
DEFER
put off
The meaning of the word defer is put off.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| whimsy | whim |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |