GRE Word List
DEFIANCE
the act or an instance of defying : challenge
The meaning of the word defiance is the act or an instance of defying : challenge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| hirsute | hairy |