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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|---|---|
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
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| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
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| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
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