GRE Word List
DEFERENCE
respect and esteem due a superior or an elder
The meaning of the word deference is respect and esteem due a superior or an elder.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |