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 |
|---|---|
| irremediable | not remediable |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| lofty | elevated in character and spirit : noble |
| unsavory | insipid |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |