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 |
|---|---|
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| hirsute | hairy |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| integrate | to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : unite |