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 |
|---|---|
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| cryptic | secret |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |