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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|---|---|
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |