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 |
|---|---|
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| coin | corner |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |