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 |
|---|---|
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| retribution | recompense |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |