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 |
|---|---|
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |