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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |