GRE Word List
DEFER
put off
The meaning of the word defer is put off.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |