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 |
|---|---|
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |