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 |
|---|---|
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |