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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| wry | twist |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| antecede | precede |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |