GRE Word List
DEFOLIATE
to deprive of leaves especially prematurely
The meaning of the word defoliate is to deprive of leaves especially prematurely.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |