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 |
|---|---|
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| haven | harbor |
| desiccate | to dry up |