GRE Word List
DEFOLIATE
to deprive of leaves especially prematurely
The meaning of the word defoliate is to deprive of leaves especially prematurely.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| retrench | cut down |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |