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 |
|---|---|
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| mote | a small particle : speck |